Writing

As a very young child, I "wrote" stories by drawing — pencil lines were my original words. In high school, my friends called me "the chronicler" because I was always capturing stories through audio, photography, and video.

I became serious about writing while spending a summer alone by the sea in Scotland, just after graduating from high school. During those early years, I also studied writing with Allen Ginsberg at Naropa University.

My primary interests are essays, haiku, and scripts for short films. My work has appeared in the Farmers' Almanac, Northeast, Choices, Quercus, and other publications.

I had spent years capturing other people's stories. In 1989, I started giving them a home. I founded Winter Creek Press, whose publications included The Howling Mantra, a poetry journal featuring work by Charles Bukowski, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, and many others. Today, Winter Creek Press publishes handbound limited-edition books.

Professional Writing

Marcou, Daniel and Patrick Jones, (2017) Authors on the inside: A decade of connecting correctional inmates with writers. In Carol Smallwood (Ed.), Library partnerships with writers and poets: Case studies (pp. 194 to 203). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc.